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单词 morada
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moradan.

Brit. /məˈrɑːdə/, /mɒˈrɑːdə/, U.S. /məˈrɑdə/
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish morada.
Etymology: < Spanish morada dwelling (mid 12th cent.) < morar to live, dwell (12th cent.; < classical Latin morārī : see moration n.).
A church or chapel of the Penitentes, a Spanish-American religious order.
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1874 T. Harwood Let. 27 Aug. in Hist. New Mexico Spanish & Eng. Missions of Methodist Episcopal Church (1908) I. 243 They close up the work Friday night by marching to the Morada (church) and locking themselves in where the work of punishment is continued with great zeal till midnight.
1893 C. F. Lummis Land of Poco Tiempo iv. 95 Reaching the morada in their deliberate march, the Penitentes laid down their crosses and went inside.
1915 L. B. Prince Spanish Mission Churches New Mexico xxxiv. 364 The houses in which the Penitentes hold their meetings are called Moradas, and are usually plain adobe buildings, with no windows.
1948 F. Blake Johnny Christmas iii. 242 He was sure that he had seen a familiar figure, that of the old Mexican Juan Gutierret, entering the windowless church, or morada.
1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque ii. 26 The old penitentes of the morada where Cynthia left the painting laughed and said it looked like la Comadre was going dancing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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